Rubber Ducks – Busy Ducks / Making You Pro'duck'tive Wed, 24 Jun 2015 05:25:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 /wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-favicon-55963284v1_site_icon-32x32.png Rubber Ducks – Busy Ducks / 32 32 Neat maths trick with an orange. Bonus: the worst duck joke ever! /neat-maths-trick-with-an-orange-bonus-the-worst-duck-joke-ever/ Wed, 24 Jun 2015 05:25:05 +0000 http://busyducks.com/wp_4_1/?p=375 Draw five dots anywhere on an orange with a white board marker.  There is a way to cut the orange exactly in half so that at least four of the dots are visible on one side.  Can you figure out how?

Solution in this video.

]]> The worlds best rubber duck collections… because awesome is not just for giant robot dinosaurs. /the-worlds-best-rubber-duck-collections-because-awesome-is-not-just-for-giant-robot-dinosaurs/ Sun, 21 Jun 2015 08:15:35 +0000 http://busyducks.com/wp_4_1/?p=334 Here Is the short list of the worlds best rubber duck collections…

If I missed your collection, and you want to be in this (very much the most official) list of best collections, Drop me a line.

 

Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Charlotte Lee

Guiness world record holder, Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Charlotte Lee … with 5,631 ducks.
More info here

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[Image is from Lee’s website duckplanet.com]

 

Runnymede Hotel

A hotel with a duck obsession
More info here

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Duckman (my own collection)

My bathroom is dedicated to ducks…

 

Keenan’s Cambria Village Pharmacy

Sadly I am told this is now closed.
This store was probably THE hub for rubber duck collectors. Several Large shelves like the one in the window. It was more ducks than pharmacy, but the availability of medication did not detract from the effect in any way.

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Dan Magee

Another collector with a room dedicated to ducks.

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More info, and photos, via duckplanet

 

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